''Moon Hotel Kabul'' is a 2018 Romanian-French

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directed by Anca Damian and written by Damian and Lia Bugnar. It tells the story of Ivan (played by

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), a charismatic but cynical journalist who starts to reconsider his life after Ioana (played by Ofelia Popii), a translator with whom he has had a one-night stand in a hotel in

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, commits suicide one day later. The film was shot in 2016, in

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and

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, "as it was too risky to shoot in Kabul at that time". The film premiered on October 18, 2018 at the Warsaw Film Festival where Damian received the Best Director award. It was theatrically released in Romanian on November 30, 2018. At the 2019 Gopo Awards,

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was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Popii and Rodica Negrea were nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moon Hotel Kabul 2018 films 2018 drama films Romanian drama films French drama films Films set in Afghanistan Films set in Romania 2010s French films Films directed by Anca Damian